Monday, August 14, 2006

Spy’s-eye View -- the Atlantic

Nice guide to things one can do with Google Earthhttp://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200603/google-earth The Atlantic Monthly | March 2006 Spy’s-eye View Google Earth and its rival programs offer (civilians) a new way to look at the world by James Fallows A s best I can figure, I have spent 35,000 to 40,000 hours of my life sitting at a computer. This knowledge does not improve my mood or self-esteem. But it brings into sharp relief the handful of moments at the keyboard I can distinctly remember, each involving a time when I realized that the computer had just done something important and new....